Piss on Authority

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Hailing from Birmingham and forming in 1995,the original P.O.A line up consisted of Mart (guitar) Pix (drums) and Jon (bass) with second guitar duties going to Craig aka "Wig" younger brother of Mart in '96. Although still a fledgling band,they amassed an impressive array of tracks,ranging from brattish,snot fused street punk to the jack boot stomp of the "Oi" sound,while the searing venom,which would later come to devastating fruition on The Fear Of War album,was already apparent to all who saw them live or heard any P.O.A material around this time. The young Punk upstarts started to forge a formidable reputation on the Brum Punk/HC scene and around the Midlands circuit for their energetic,spikey blasts of punk in a scene,which included the likes of the mighty POLICE BASTARD,FREEBASE and KNUCKLEDUST and quickly securing support slots with all of the above aswell as GBH,UK SUBS,THE DAMNED, SUBHUMANS,DISCHARGE and THE EXPLOITED. In 1997,the band then set about recording a batch of new tracks for a demo with the working title of "Chaos 97" many of the tracks from these studio sessions and rehearsals would eventually appear on their debut Ep "Let Em Burn" (Released in 98 on Problem Child Records) and a successfull tour of germany followed. Upon returning from Germany,the band were then dealt a setback with the departure of guitarist Craig but were soon gathering momentum once again with the arrival of new guitarist Rez. With the "Let Em Burn " Ep now finally released through

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